Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary

Half, adj., making one of two equal parts, equal to a moiety; preceded by the def. art.: “he is the h. part of a blessed man,” John II, 437. “the h. shirt,” H4A IV, 2, 47. By a demonstr. pronoun: “this h. hour,” Tp. III, 2, 122. Tw. II, 5, 21. H6B II, 1, 64. Preceded by the ind. art. only when placed after the subst.: “seven year and a h.” Meas. II, 1, 274. All's IV, 5, 103. Wint. IV, 4, 348. H4A IV, 2, 46. H4B III, 2, 53 etc. The ind. art. placed between half and the subst.: “h. an hour,” Tp. III, 1, 91. Err. II, 2, 14. IV, 1, 65. LLL V, 2, 90. John V, 7, 83. H8 IV, 1, 66. “h. a dozen,” Ado V, 1, 97. H4A II, 4, 93. “h. a mile,” LLL V, 2, 54. R3 V, 3, 37. “h. a million,” Merch. III, 1, 57. “h. a kiss,” Wint. IV, 4, 175. “to h. a soul and to a notion crazed,” Mcb. III, 1, 83 etc. Plur. “h. tales,” Ant II, 2, 137. The def. article placed between h. and the subst.: “make a dark night too of h. the day,” LLL I, 1, 45. “no metal can bear h. the keenness,” Merch. IV, 1, 125. “h. the h.” H4A IV, 3, 24. “h. the Gallian territories,” H6A V, 4, 139. “with h. the zeal,” H8 III, 2, 456. “h. the heart of Caesar, worthy Maecenas,” Ant. II, 2, 175. With a pers. pron.: “not h. your parts,” Sonn. 17, 4. “h. thy outward graces,” Ado IV, 1, 102. “h. my self,” II, 3, 177. Mids. III, 1, 37. Merch. III, 2, 251. V, 200. Tw. III, 4, 381. John V, 6, 39. H4B I, 1, 73. H5 I, 2, 112. H6C V, 4, 5. R3 IV, 4, 111. Tit. II, 4, 21 etc. With a genitive: “h. Signior Benedick's tongue,” Ado II, 1, 12. “h. all Cominius' honours,” Cor. I, 1, 277. “h. all men's hearts,” Cymb. I, 6, 168. With a demonstr. pron.: “h. that glory,” Sonn. 132, 8. “h. that wish,” Mids. II, 2, 65. “h. that face,” John I, 93. Preceded by one: “for this one h. year,” H4A IV, 1, 136 (M. Edd. half-year). “the one h. world,” Mcb. II, 1, 49. Before names: “h. Windsor,” Wiv. III, 3, 121. “h. Hector,” Troil. IV, 5, 85. Without art. before appellatives: “it is not h. way to her heart,” Shr. I, 1, 62. “h. way down hangs one,” Lr. IV, 6, 14. “we are h. way there,” Per. I, 4, 77. “h. heart, h. hand, h. Hector comes,” Troil. IV, 5, 85. “carry but h. sense,” Hml. IV, 5, 7. “within this mile and h.” Cor. I, 4, 8. “fathom and h.” Lr. III, 4, 37.